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EDUCATORS FOR SUSTAINABILITY

Visit our Educators for Sustainability exhibitors in the Green Marketplace tents and vote for your favorite project! The instructor of the winning project will receive a $100 certificate to support ongoing sustainability projects.

Muncie Central Recycling ClubAllen Kidd and Laura Spotts, AdvisersThe Muncie Central Recycling Club has collected, sorted, and recycled more than 250,000 pounds since it was founded by students in 2008. We recycle all types of paper, plastic beverage containers, aluminum and steel cans, other ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal and printer cartridges. The students volunteers meet at Door #12 and work after school from 3:15 to 5 p.m. every Friday from the first week of school to the last day of school.

Green Prototyping and UpcyclingJim Flowers, Professor, Ball StateIn undergraduate and graduate courses at Ball State University, students upcycle post-consumer materials into higher-end products. They design and prototype products that promote environmental sustainability, and they attempt to recycle plastic into 3D printer filament.

Reporting the Sustainability Performance of Ball StateMary Annette Rose, Associate Professor, Ball State UniversityBall State students gather, analyze and report the economic, environmental and social impacts of the university according to the Global Reporting Initiative guidelines.

Minor inSustainability, Ball StateMary Annette Rose, Associate Professor, Ball State UniversityStudents electing this minor are prepared to be leaders who understand the interaction of social, economic and environmental factors and the need for a systems view of that interaction.

Sustainable Agriculture in Argentina: Teaching the Next Generation Cruz Aleman, student, Ball StateDuring the summer of 2016, Cruz Aleman ­– a senior dietetics major at Ball State – interned in Argentina with Fundación de la Tierra, an NGO that promotes sustainable development through environmental education. Cruz taught children about growing and eating sustainably produced food that is good for Earth and good for their own health. He also worked at a large community garden.